Year 12 English Studies
Assessment Type #3: Text Production (Oral)Hey guys, I’ll begin with a quote that basically sums up rowing in general, “Rowers do more before 8am than most people do all day.” So I’m here today to talk to you about a very significant point in Adelaide High School Rowing history, The 2012 Sprint Cup. Last year, a select of the AHS senior rowers were chosen to participate in a sprint cup down on the Torrens River against two other crews from CBC and Norwood Morialta. Now I’m willing to bet that when 90% of you think of rowing, the childhood song comes into mind, “Row, Row, Row your boat gently down the stream.” This is a complete misconception on rowing given that the only passage that is truthful in the rhyme is the line: “Row, row, row your boat”. Rowing is not gentle. Rowing is not merry. Life is not a dream when you row. Basically rowing consists of 4:30am wake ups followed by intense fitness or water sessions which leave you feeling drained and lethargic. We then get to look forward to a full day of school at which, by about 12:00, you are seriously struggling to maintain consciousness and you begin contemplating positioning yourself in your classroom where you will get the least amount of attention from the teachers, thus enabling you to get a few minutes of shut eye. Unfortunately for me, I snore when I sleep so that option is unavailable. However all of this training does pay off and on occasion we are rewarded with a slap on the back and in extremely rare cases, a medal. This brings me to the date of the sprint cup. On the day, I had no idea that the race was such a big deal, to me it was just another tiresome race in which we would most likely loose. However after the race finished and we had been handed a cup and a nice shiny medal, I realised how important the race was. The beginning of the race was pretty messy with lots of shouting from each crew. After a few strokes we got into a rhythm and close to the finish line, we...

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A:Hey,how are you? It has been a long time since the last time i meet you.
B:Ohh!Hello..I’m good.How about you?
A:I’m good too..I have a lot things to tell you.
B:Really?What it is?
A:Hey,try listening to this music…… What do you thing about it.I really love this music.It give me an inspiration.
B:Yeah!It’s good..I like it.It’s soft and calmly.It make me feel peace and calm.
A:Yes.It;s true.I know that you will like this music.If you seen this music video,you will like it too.It is so amazing and different with the other music video.
B:Wow..really?It’s sound interesting and make me really excited to watch that music video.Btw,what is the song title?
A:Ohh,I forget to tell you before.It’s Time Machine by Girls Generation.
B: GG?
A: Yeah! Whats wrong?
B:It’s my favourite K-POP star!
A:Ohh,me too.I though you don’t like K-POP song.
B:That is before my friends introduced it to me but when I have listen it,it’s not so bad as I excepted.I love to watch their dance step.
A:Yeah!It’s great right?
B:Defenitly,it’s really awesome.I always download their dance practise on You Tube.
A:Woww,I didn’t except that you really interested with them.
B:Haha.Okay,I gtg now.My mom will be waiting for me.She asked me to buy some flour and eggs.She want to bake a cake for my little brother birthday tomorrow.Please come to my house for the party.
A:Ohh,I will.It’s a pleasure for me.Goodbye.See you tomorrow....

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It is a story about a completely new strategy and a giant team effort.
Medicom the company in Struer is specialized in the development and production of pharmaceutical equipment for the global pharmaceutical industry. The company is a spin-off from Bang & Olufsen, and in the early years Medicom was based on contract production, development and marketing of their own products.
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...Englishoral - Shark Cullings
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Following a small rise in the number of shark attacks in Western Australia over the past two years, the Western Australian Government has legalised the culling of all sharks over three metres long caught on baited drum lines, in an attempt to reduce the risk of fatal shark attacks.
The decision has sparked mixed reactions from the public, with a scarce amount supporting the Government’s decision. Those who agree feel that the cullings will make swimming at the beach a safer, more relaxing experience.
On the other hand, those who disagree argue that the Government has made a quick decision without doing their research. They say that we will never completely prevent shark attacks and there are other ways to prevent shark attacks without going on a “killing spree”.
The first image presents a rather horrifying image of a dead shark covered in blood, with it’s jaws open showing all of it’s teeth. A man is kneeling down beside the shark with one arm appearing to be resting on the shark.
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2) Traditions are rituals or beliefs that connect a culture with its past. Adults feel that it is very important to follow these established customs and cannot even imagine rebelling against them although they may be hurtful in some ways. Shirley Jackson explores this premise in her short story ‘The Lottery’ where the oldest man in the village had been taking part in the ritual of the lottery for the past 77 years and his insistence about the practicing of the tradition for a more productive harvest and find the abolishment of the tradition foolish. Tradition is not easily broken as it had become a habitual practice, it has meaning underneath the practice and afraid of changing the tradition.
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Issue: Social media is making us antisocial!
The Contention: Today in our modern world, social media is taking over and corrupting our society
and making us antisocial.!
Supporting Arguments: The average time a teenager spends on social media!
The negative impact of social media!
Rebudle: The positive outcomes from spending time on social media!
Language Techniques: Rhetorical question, imagery, Emotive Language, Personal pronouns,
Exaggerations. !
!Social media is a perfect way for an individual to express themselves. Whether its through
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr etc… No matter which Social Network they use people always
find a way to express their feelings and interact with people. There are good things and bad things
that come with social media. The good thing is that people who find it difficult to have a face-face
conversation find the internet a good source of material to communicate with people without feeling
self conscious or nervous. The bad thing is that SOCIAL MEDIA IS MAKING US ANTI-SOCIAL and
this is what I'm going to be focusing on today.!
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...EnglishOral 2012
Title: Global warming
Class: 5 Amanah
Team members: 1) Amira Ain Binti Naim - Chairperson
2) Syaza Nazura Binti Khahar – First panel
3) Mohd Yusri Bin Jupri – Second panel
4) Mohd Syazwan Bin Safaruddin – Third panel
Chairperson: Assalamualaikum and a very good morning to my wise English teacher, Puan Rosnani and all my fellow friends. My name is Amira Ain Binti Naim and I am your chairperson for today’s presentation. Myself and three other panellist would like to discuss the issues of global warming particularly on the definition, its causes and ways to curb it. Before we start discussing this issue, I would like to introduce the three panellist. The first panellist, Dr. Syaza Nazura Binti Khahar, a lecturer at Islamic International University, the second panellist Professor Mohd Yusri Bin Jupri, the author of a famous book called ‘Our Earth is Dying’ and the third panellist En. Mohd Syazwan Bin Safaruddin, the champion of the international public speaking competition. To start off our discussion, I would like to ask the first panellist, Dr. Syaza to explain to us the definition of global warming.
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Year 12 EnglishOral; Foreign Aid mustn’t be cut
Persona: Fiona Pearse (Board Member of World Vision) speaking at a foreign aid conference in regard to the Government’s recent plans to introduce a $4.5 billion cut in foreign aid over the next 4 years.
Poverty, war, hunger, thirst, disease; these are all words the average Australian does not have to face. However, it is indeed what millions upon millions of people battle out every single day in so many countries we call our neighbours.
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. My name is Fiona Pearse and I am here on behalf of all the world vision board members. I have been a part of the world vision movement since 2011 and am passionate and excited about the things we have planned ahead.
I am here today to not only inform you about poverty and what we as Australian’s need to do to help abolish it, but I am also here in regards to recent actions of which have been discussed by the Australian government.
We here at world vision greatly appreciate the help that the Australian government as well as the Australian public has given us over the years. We also greatly appreciate the help other organisations both funded and non-government organisations have given us. However, recent plans have been proposed to put in place a $4.5 billion cut in Foreign Aid over the next 4 years. Considering Australia’s AusAid budget currently sits at $5.2 billion this is a devastating cut.
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